Antonio Tarver was on top of the Boxing world after he knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in two rounds last May. Tarver saw how quickly a fighter can fall from the top when he was defeated by Glen Johnson last month in a close fight. [details (http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=513)]

he does have a good record on rematches against people who beat him, i wouldnt be shocked if he knock glen the F out

even though i hate tarver, i know he won the first fight, but i want him to get KTFO! :D runs his mouth 2much

Tarver is just like Leon spinks one hit wonder, he is not a star, that is why he never got a another fight after he beat Jones until December by this time Jones had been in the ring against Johnson. He is a fool who thinks he is better than he is. Tarver is just an average boxer,who would have a hard time with Clinton Woods, Joe Calzaghe, let alone Hopkins, Toney,

Now we know why he gave up the WBC Title.

But will Johnson give him the rematch? He shouldn't. I think they need a tune-up fight between the rematch. Not just jump right back. IMHO, that fight deserved to be a draw, neither one of them look like champion material. It could have been the style of the two of them. But they both took on the RJJ mentality of Defense first then think about punching. I feel they didn't give it their all to win. After reading this, I think Tarver agrees. He knew he should have given more to win.

BoxingScene: Johnson has never been stopped by knock out and took some of your best shots in the fight. Johnson seems to have a good chin, do you think you can get a knock out?

Never been stopped by knockout? And how did Hopkins beat Johnson at the time when Glencoffe was undefeated? By knockout.

Never been stopped by knockout? And how did Hopkins beat Johnson at the time when Glencoffe was undefeated? By knockout.

Did you watch the fight? It was stopped due to a cut.

Was it a but or a punch, if it was a punch, it is considered a KO. a TKO but they look the same on a record. Has Glen ever hit the canvas?

How many do-overs does this guy get?

I hope Glen puts him to sleep.

Was it a but or a punch, if it was a punch, it is considered a KO. a TKO but they look the same on a record. Has Glen ever hit the canvas?

I don't recall him ever going down in a fight.

It's really the same argument I had with Nautilus. I know what you're trying to say Rick: A KO is down for the ten count, and TKO is a stoppage. That's not my point. I'm saying is that Hopkins won over Johnson by knockout, which includes victories under the TKO category.
In a technical sense, his victory over Glencoffe counts under his knockout wins record.

To illustrate this, when an announcer reads aloud a fighter's record,
such as X wins, Y losses, Z wins by way of knockout, those knockout wins include TKO wins as well as KO wins.

Not to say that I don't know where you're coming from, Rick, I just think it's a result of boxing terminology that can be confusing at times. When someone says knockout, it isn't clear whether it's in the general sense (KO/TKO) or if it refers to a true KO (down for the count).

Similar case in point: Ricardo Lopez's knockout win over Yamil Caraballo over ten years back. Do you call it a KO win or a TKO win? Some records list it as KO, some by TKO. The referee never officially finished the 10-count, waving off the fight at the count of 6 when Caraballo fell down again when he attempted to get up; people can argue that Caraballo would never have gotten up in time anyway. Just something to think about, anyway.

In parting....Johnson never went down, but he has been stopped.

It's really the same argument I had with Nautilus. I know what you're trying to say Rick: A KO is down for the ten count, and TKO is a stoppage. That's not my point. I'm saying is that Hopkins won over Johnson by knockout, which includes victories under the TKO category.
In a technical sense, his victory over Glencoffe counts under his knockout wins record.

To illustrate this, when an announcer reads aloud a fighter's record,
such as X wins, Y losses, Z wins by way of knockout, those knockout wins include TKO wins as well as KO wins.

Not to say that I don't know where you're coming from, Rick, I just think it's a result of boxing terminology that can be confusing at times. When someone says knockout, it isn't clear whether it's in the general sense (KO/TKO) or if it refers to a true KO (down for the count).

Similar case in point: Ricardo Lopez's knockout win over Yamil Caraballo over ten years back. Do you call it a KO win or a TKO win? Some records list it as KO, some by TKO. The referee never officially finished the 10-count, waving off the fight at the count of 6 when Caraballo fell down again when he attempted to get up; people can argue that Caraballo would never have gotten up in time anyway. Just something to think about, anyway.

In parting....Johnson never went down, but he has been stopped.

That has no relevance to your initial comment, you commented on a question posed to Tarver. Tarver said is planning to knock Johnson out, he was told that Johnson has never been "knocked out".

You said Hopkins knocked him out, in terms of a TKO it is true, in terms of a KO it is not. The TKO term is very loose, a guy being down and the fight being stopped because he was about to get knocked out is one thing, a guy getting stopped due to a cut is another. It's like saying Lennox knocked out Vitali when in reality the win is by TKO due to a bad cut stoppage and also in reality one would say that Vitali has never been knocked out.

Usually when a TKO does not involve a count reaching ten, most refer to the win as "fighter 1 stopped fighter 2 in 6 rounds". People can say Hopkins stopped Johnson, they can never say he knocked him out.

i can't believe people think Johnson is p4p status